Simon’s Online Casino Blacklist – Rogue Online Casinos

The following is an exhaustive list of rogue online casinos. I strongly suggest avoiding these rogue online casinos.

They are strongly suspect and often downright criminal.

If you know of any rogue casino, which is not yet on the list please let me know in the comments section below.

If you feel like you have been wronged, scammed, taken advantage of or treated unfairly by any online casino please let me know in the comments section below.

/None of these casinos are endorsed by me./

Legal disclaimer: This list reflects the opinion of various watchdog websites and my personal opinion based on our independent investigations and customer complaints and testimony. They are only opinions and it is possible that in some cases we [watchdog sites and me] can get it wrong (even though that’s very unlikely). Your experience might differ.

List of rogue online casinos, sports betting websites

Online casinos, which have been closed down since the compilation of the online casino blacklist are still included. One can never know when they might rebrand or start operating again. This is a huge list (over 350 rogue gambling websites included) of unethical, unlawful casinos, online bookmakers, online bingo sites but I will do my best to update it regularly.

In case you have a question about a specific online casino. Or you want to ask me whether a specific online casino is rogue or not just ask me in the comments section I will answer as fast as I can.

Casino blacklist last updated: 2015 July 30

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Casino

Software

Problem with the casino

Casino Bar Casino on Air

proprietary

Both casinos used cheating software to skew the odds in favour of the casino. They were debunked by various gambling blogs and promptly closed down (out of business at the time of writing).

Global Live Casino

Vuetec

A player of the casino contacted me in the comments section of my blog (you can read our exchange here). The player presented a very convincing case (with plenty of evidence). Turns out the casino seized his winnings on made-up charges. You can read his full story here.

African Palace Casino

Playtech

Slow, intentionally delayed payments.

Atlantic Vegas Casino (closed down)

Internally developed (perhaps?)

Falsely claiming to be licensed in Alderney. Probably illegally operating casino (without license), who tries to hide the company behind it.

Aztecasino (closed down)

Proxima Technologies (never heard of it before)

Falsely claiming to be licensed in Gibraltar. Probably an illegally operating casino (without license), which tries to hide the identity of the company behind it.

Backgammon Masters

No information can be found about the software anywhere.

Issues: mishandling player complaints and flat out refusing to help, made-up Terms & Conditions (which are not available publicly on the website), refusing to cooperate with players to settle account issues, ignoring third-party attempts to assist and refusing to respond them./Just look at the website of the “casino”. No sane person would deposit money here. /

Balzac Casino

Rival

Arbitrarily seizing player’s winnings./Another obviously neglected rogue “casino”. Great example of a casino, which you should avoid, check their website here./

Refusing to pay out winnings and banning players arbitrarily. All of the casinos are closed down now.

Casinostates

Low quality proprietary software

Falsely claiming to be licensed in Gibraltar. Probably illegally operating casino (without license), who tries to hide the company behind it./The website is technically not abandoned but hopefully the giant error message on the homepage discourages anyone from depositing. Great example of an abandoned, ugly, outdated rogue casino./

Class1casino (formerly Maxima casino) (both closed down)

Playtech

Winnings of players – shortly before bankruptcy – were confiscated. No explanations was offered even after repeated attempts to contact them.

Cyberbets.com (websites is now only aviliable exclusively in Russian)

Not using casino software, it’s not a casino, it’s an e-sports betting site

Used a falsified Kahnawake Gaming Commission certificate of good standing. Now they have a Russian language website (probably they hope that they can deceive a few Russian players, who don’t speak English and are not able to read the negative reviews about this website).

DollarPoker

No information available online

Not paying out player’s winnings. At least in one documented case they did not pay out $ 100 K to a Swedish player.

Eldorado Palace

ConnectiveGames

Refusing to pay out players winnings.

Europlay-Malta

No info

No customer service to speak of and not paying out player’s winnings. The current website of the casino is great example of a neglected, rogue casino. They have adult ads on the homepage (big red flag) and it looks very unprofessional and outdated.

Games4money

No info about it on their website.

No info about gaming license on the website. Refused to pay out winning to a player and threatened legal action. Also threatened website owners with legal action if they didn’t remove the casino from casino blacklists on their websites.

Golden Casino.com (closed down)

Vegas Technology, Inc.

Unresponsive, uncooperative, confiscated winnings.

GoldVIPclub

RTG

Spammers, unethical marketing practices and trying to silence criticism by illegal and detestable means (e.g.: The casino’s manager reported one of the critics as a pedophile just silence him, without any evidence.).

Blatantly copied games from other casino software, sketchy software, fake license creating fake customer reviews and posting on forums in defense of the casino using fake names.

Indio Casino

Playtech

“Listen, I don’t like your attitude. You’re not going to get a cent of your money anymore. And you can go to the papers, and you can go to your lawyers because we’re an overseas company and they can’t do anything to us.” – was their answer when a player tried to withdraw money + they were accepting players from countries they were not supposed to. Also, unfair terms and conditions indemnifying the casino totally.

BLR Technologies is a cheating casino software. All BLR Technologies casino should be avoided.

Liberty Bell Casino

RTG

The casino is connected to the infamous Rushmore Group, know for dodgy practices and confiscating winnings.

London’s Casino (closed down)

CWC

“We have a generally good reputation, why should it be ruined by you two ignorant, illiterate, intolerant clowns when the rest of our players’ who have pending withdrawals are understanding of the difficult situation we have been presented with?” – was the answer of the casino to players who had issues with withdrawal. Trolling customers is definitely unacceptable.

Lovelotto

Vaiour

Suspended gambling license.

Lucky 18

RTG

Extremely slow withdrawal process, in some cases not paying out winnings to players.

“Gery Shalon, 31, and Ziv Orenstein, 40, were arrested on Tuesday at their homes in Israel. They have been accused by U.S. authorities of engaging in “pump and dump” stock manipulation schemes dating back to 2011. An indictment filed in New York charges the suspects — along with Joshua Samuel Aaron, 31, a U.S. citizen living in Moscow and Tel Aviv — with money laundering, identity theft, and securities and wire fraud.”

Directly connected to Winpalace/Affactive Group and named as Worst Casino Group in 2014 by Casinomeister. Extremely long security checks (4 months), withholding player’s winnings, unresponsive.

/And I can tell you they don’t treat their affiliates any better either. I have given them a chance and I’m convinced they stole money from me + it always took 2-3 weeks, phone calls, 5-8 emails till someone would respond at all. Not going to work with them ever again./

“Gery Shalon, 31, and Ziv Orenstein, 40, were arrested on Tuesday at their homes in Israel. They have been accused by U.S. authorities of engaging in “pump and dump” stock manipulation schemes dating back to 2011. An indictment filed in New York charges the suspects — along with Joshua Samuel Aaron, 31, a U.S. citizen living in Moscow and Tel Aviv — with money laundering, identity theft, and securities and wire fraud.”

Named as Worst Casino Group in 2013 by Casinomeister. Extremely long security checks (4 months), withholding player’s winnings, unresponsive. They convinced me they have improved and have had them on the website for some time. However, after the few players I referred to them began complaining of withdrawal and customer support issues I removed them instantly.

/They don’t treat their affiliates any better either. I have given them a chance and I’m convinced they stole money from me + it always took 2-3 weeks, phone calls, 5-8 emails till someone would respond at all. They call you and email you non stop (even during the middle of the night…) till you put their casino on your website but after that you are good as dead. Not going to work with them ever again./

Infamous for withholding withdrawals for months while making false promises that it will be paid out eventually. They just stop responding after putting players through months long security checks, delays, various made up issues, even more security checks. And they never pay.

Don’t visit the website of this casino! It will installs malware on your computer!

Smartlive Casino

Proprietary casino software

Payment denied, customer support lied about IBAS (Independent Betting Adjudication Service) membership and pointed the fingers at them (they were not even members) Then “we need to contact management”, then all contact seized. Beyond shady.

Stryyke Casino/Poker/Sports (closed down)

NetEnt

Confisticated winnings, pretended to care about player’s problems but in fact they didn’t. Now the casino is all gone.

“you and your site is piece of XXXXX biased crap . Can we pay you so you will like us like others do ? I am sure that with the right amount you will lick my B____!” – taken from an unbelivable email a casino representative sent to Casinomeister the #1 online gambling watchdog site.Trying to intimidate and troll watchdog sites, unprofessional, attempting at bribery. I’m pretty sure this is illegal. Avoid.

Tobwin

Betsoft (probably, no info online and I’m afraid to register here)

Fake gaming certificate, showing different versions of Terms & Conditions to players depending on what gives them the right to confiscate the winnings.

“Its “play mode” is set to provide bigger payout than in “real – play for money” mode. Even though this is stated in their “help” files (hidden somewhere deep on the website), it’s deceptive and unnecessary. How many unsuspecting players were aware of this when they signed up? Probably very few.”+ Hundreds of complaints about withholding winnings and extremely slow payment.

Most of the Futurebet (iGaming Network) casinos are shut down by now but keep an eye on any casino using Futurebet software.Futurebet casino software provider scammed all their licensees, players, and affiliates and never paid anyone dime.

Unresponsive, confisticated winnings of players for no good reason.Virtual Casino Group is infamous for non payment of winnings, deliberately slow withdrawal processing, repeated unnecessary requests for proof of ID and poor customer service.The owner of the group was convicted and jailed for conspiracy and mail fraud in the United States.The group is based in Costa Rica and are completely unregulated, which means that there is no player protection or recourse for you as a player if there is a problem. Avoid.

It was formerly the infamous Crystal Palace Group.Also based in Costa Rica – so no player protection or recourse if there is a problem. See Silver Oak Casino review for further information.Slot Madness was acquired by this group in June 2010.

I don’t know. I’m afraid to open the website again after it attempted to install malware on my computer.

Regularly refuses payments to players without explanation. Affiliate program Red Hot Revenue stopped paying commissions to marketing agents and affiliates without explanation. Likely to be in financial trouble.

From Casinolistings.com:“First up there was Rome Casino and the case of the disappearing wild symbols. We gave the benefit of the doubt as TopGame stepped up and made restitution to affected players.But then we had a player approach us after being stalled on payment of around $2500 in winnings for several weeks by Rich Casino (see forum thread: Rich Casino – anyone paid?). Our initial attempts to contact the casino, its customer support and its management on behalf of the player were ignored, until we were able to track down an email address of an actual employee there via industry contacts. The casino did thankfully pay the player in the end, but not without a lot of hassle and a grudging admittance that there were “more valuable players in the withdrawal queue”. The complaints keep coming in from other players.Other relevant forum threads: Royal Kings Casino – Top Game – wont pay withdrawalMost of these casinos are run out of Costa Rica, which provides you as a player with absolutely no protection should anything go wrong. They all have very small weekly withdrawal limits too. In addition, we seem to always end up speaking to the same one or two people when contacting various different TopGame casinos. Our suspicion is that a large number of these casinos are run by the same people.There is one exception to this blank blacklisting, and that is the group of casinos run by the Deckmedia group (Box24 Casino, Black Diamond Casino, and Spartan Slots). This group has demonstrated the ability to operate a casino responsibly for a number of years. We recommend players do not play at any other TopGame casino, as we have little confidence in the professionalism, ethics, payment processing, or financial stability of the casino owners. Constantly spams message boards.”

TVMUK Ltd Casinos:

Casino Fiz Rockbet Slots Jackpot Casino Tradition Casino Vegas Days

Rival Gaming

Connected to the now defunct, infamous Rome Casino group. Rigged games, DDOS attacking competitors, theft of millions of dollars are just a few of the long list of illegal activities this casino group is engaged in.“But wait, that’s not all! A close perusal of their terms and conditions should send you running for the hills. Currently if you deposit less than $250 then you are limited to winning a maximum of 10x your deposit, irrespective of whether you claim a bonus or win a progressive jackpot. The withdrawals are capped at very low monthly rate and to cap it all off they have a laughable “15-18 day authorisation period” for all withdrawals. Why would anyone want to play under these rules at a casino owned by a management with such a chequered history?TVMUK Ltd also owned the following TopGame casinos under the name of Morriyen Investments which have since been seized by TopGame pending legal action: DiamondVIP Casino, GrandLuxe Casino, Mona Casino, Rome Casino, and Topaze Casino.” – from Casinolistings.com.

The Palace Group or Buffalo Partners has been reported to be unfair and unethical with their partners, going so far as to breach contractual agreements. Terms & Conditions swap, using different versions of T & M whichever proves them right.

All AmigoTechs casino:Bogart Casino Betmain Sportsbook

Amigotech

Proven cheating software./Luckily does not appear to be a very popular casio software. I could only find two online gambling websites using it.//Luckily does not appear to be a very popular casio software. I could only find two online gambling websites using it./

Sources:

I don’t claim credit for collecting all of these rogue casinos. I only have added a few my visitors told me about.

Most of the information comes from the following fantastic gambling blogs:

I’m happy that there are many other gambling bloggers who maintain a list like this. The more people know about these black sheeps the better.

If you know of any rogue casino, which is not yet on the list please let me know in the comments section below.

If you feel like you have been wronged, scammed, taken advantage of or treated unfairly by any online casino please let me know in the comments section below.

If you like this comprehensive list of rogue casinos and gambling websites please click on the Google + button. It’s not a social network! It simply tells Google that you like this websites and found it useful. This will help Google to better match search results with search intent and that will help people who are looking for a list of rogue casinos – people like you – to discover this website.

+List of Rogue Bitcoin Online Casinos

Casino

Software

Problem with the casino

Sadly, all bitcoin casinos. Seriously don’t play in any Bitcoin casino. It’s not worth it.

Low quality copycat version of non-bitcoin casino software

Just to name a few problems: – no gambling license ever (means if something happens there is none you can turn too) – casinos go to great lengths to hide their identities/the company behind them – hackers constantly raid Bitcoin casinos and steal players’ personal and sensitive information – unprofessional management & one-man casinos (if you win big they won’t be able to pay out your winnings) – Bitcoin casinos usually go bankrupt within a year taking all the player’s money with them – unethical practice – which would get a regular casino blacklisted – are the norm For detailed information about Bitcoin and Litecoin casinos and why not to play in them check here./Btw. the most notable rogue Bitcoin casinos are Bitoomba and Coinbet.cc. Just google their name + scam and you will see. But all of them will eventually scam you. Avoid./

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Simon's List of Rogue Casinos

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A list of of over 300 rogue, shady, blacklisted and/or criminal online casinos and bitcoin casinos. These casino cheat, scam and steal from players and are engaging in unethical business practices.

Playing at Platinum Reels casino I had a small pending bonus of $8.50 and was told to play my balance down to 00 which I did. I talked to chat and they could not release my bonus. I know there is a flaw in their software. Please warn players.

I have seen nothing on this topic, but would like to hear some feedback. I have played most all of the major casinos and with the exception of bovada, I have noticed that time and time again(95%) when completing play through requirement, your chance of winning is 50/50. However once completing play through you can no longer win. It happens every time no matter what. Now if these are random and based on percentages even with the house edge, how is this possible? It is not. They are all rigged. Play only bovada or slots iv. World club group and all of their casinos are a scam. This is months and months of playing not to mention 100+ deposits.

There is nothing online about this, because it is (to the best of my knowledge) not true. The Bovada group of casinos are not on this list for a reason. The consensus among gambling bloggers is that they are not rogue. I’m sorry that you were not lucky, but I think it was only that, a lack of luck.

I thought I had posted. – I’m hoping you can help. Real Vegas Online owes me $2500 plus $380 in comp. I requested 4/13/16 and have called every day for past 2 months and I get the same response – it’s pending. Their website says 5-10 business days.. I’ve waited well over that. Their website has all false contact informaton.. Any suggestions you can send my way would be greatly appreciated

Ok, so I looked at the website and talked with them about this. They claimed to have a gambling license from Nevada first, but that’s impossible. Online casinos registered in Nevada can only accept players from Nevada. Later they claimed to have a gambling license from Curacao. This is beyond suspicious. The casino claims (it’s on the website) to have license from two different countries. Then they terminated the chat. Either this is very bad customer service or something is up (I think the latter). The best you can do right now is to get in touch with both the Nevada Gambling Board and the Curacao Gambling Commission and tell them (on the phone or email), that there is an unlicensed online casino claiming to have a license from them, and that they refused to pay out your winnings. This is a serious crime, and if they are located within the USA, this can easily land them in jail.

Wait a minute! Real Vegas Online is already on the list! It is a rogue casino! Please! Definitely contact the gambling commision in Nevada and Curacao about this. Otherwise you won’t ever see your money. I’m surprised this online casino is still in operation.

It was filtered out as SPAM, just like this comment. Please try to avoid typos, all caps, broken links, broken English in your comments. Otherwise it is automatically filtered out a SPAM. I’m looking at it right now.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Before we proceed I need some sort of proof, that there was no bonus wagering requirements and limitations from past or current bonuses involved. Otherwise there is nothing we can do.

Thanks! The +1 button is on the left side. On mobile it is sometimes hidden behind a drop down menu (usually a cog symbol) the website is adaptive and the display changes entirely depending on the screen size. And the +1 button is not visible on the AMP version at all (it is a simplified version for people with older mobile devices, that version is not adaptive).

“Now do one of the good guys lol. Bet it’s smaller =-(“

No, that would be bigger or at least the same size. The situation is not that bad. Also, the online gambling market is now bigger than ever, and growing ,+ many of online casinos listed here went out of business already. However, I won’t do that list because I only recommend the few online casinos I personally play in. I’m pretty sure you don’t want me to recommend online casinos I only briefly visited (even tough this appears to be the common practice among gambling bloggers sadly…, that’s why they recommend 50+ online casinos, I bet they haven’t even visited 90% of them). Good luck, all the best and thanks.

I could add casinocruise.com(MGA and UKGC) and monsieurvegas, oscarbianca and cresuscasino(curacao) Cainocruise alleged duplicate account when my brother and I played with different accounts and personal info from different ocations. Cresus, oscarbianca and monsieurvegas, said there were similarities between some accounts

All of then confiscated my winnings and closed my accounts as a final decition with no chance to reopen them.

I played at raging bull casino had a win of 1000 but was only able to collect 525 on Jan 13 ,2017 have sent my documents in several times and has yet to be approved was told so many different stories not sure I will ever receive a penny. Do not play here customer service is horrible and withdrawls are impossible.